The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-05-27


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him. Now he sat by the firesde there
in The deep chair, reading, now he was
busy with maps and pictures at the
table; now, in the big bay, the moon.
light, that had pale green retiexions in
1T cast up from the emerald depths OF
the woods below, fell about him
dare say that, in reality, busy
about the place and his affairs OF one
sort or another and doing his best
to live and to forget, he was very little
in that room; but there | chose to
place him; and it grew strangely sweet
to me, and every moment when
could sit down alone my fancy took
me and sat down in that room, or
else | wandered up and down the
great staircase and the hall where his
peoples portraits hung; bus always
came back again to the hearth of the
long ann room II 1t were day, to the
aahclhg hre-cast shadows there II 1t
were night, and the place grew dearer
ana dearer to me every hour, and |
upbra1ded myself in thoughts too bit
Ter lof speech Tor the iollv and angry
temper that had shut me out OF It,,
that had drawn comparison between
that ancient lofty place and this low
and tlresome stretch OF nothing but
soin''oh grnss anus, between thae
ilanot .ha '.'u 1h's pam lafm- mouse 81
vuousn ~ re''l .luli' my latih,house'
n,t NJ fu,,s ~ ,se .a.s'' ~. any o.i.el .i .i,iie.
~ .;u. 't.e new ei'f eal'ie ~ wlliloet u
s'st, iio'i. nark OF sisl' rom me-
ana ai ~, .,'e oo'intty was w'i'te WIN SNOW,
hnu eie iiNer ICE WIS s'rohs enough TO
ossf n,. ut' .ht s'tu9es ; ana teams OF hofses,
':, VIC 'eoooats "e,e si,i'sVi'iS 'ne
III III loie l.e'., ~ a.. ,''.uo ~
oi''' - o;n,. ',le. WIS CON l'ie'e'y "reoch-
an Jie.e'i'. ~ ~ " ei"rc', ;
if ~. "s SS, ~ ..'e soy sos'e,y T. 'l1ee.ilies anu
m,a - 'n1 namyens auu Meiises ca'ne 70
arly rI ~ rs"ipUse p,, 'iea.ea ,al,. .hem prop
10y ~ 90. - sur . ooi hnowLput l
ter Il lana sa' my 'oo' o"'-''oofs 'ie WIZ
% =, ''''s'
Ihers IRE were turioms storms that WIN
yer. me snow teii as never remem-
oered m IL before. Ihe drifts seemed to
M''', us IN u, rom a'l she world. "A ny
,.'s eomo' l used TO m,rmer' ~ wish
~ ~ were .omn indeed ana IN my
't''u eieep ~ twenty one can oe SO
very i'liseFapie' ana NJ thirty, IL one
'.ses 'u io,s, one cah pe SO pfolahe
40 w iausii at III.
Sometimes Bryan and Thomas
brought word OF the outside regions,
OF the way people up-river were sleigh
riding over the tops OF fences, of the
immense snowfall in the mountains,
and the Tears of what would happen
from it i'll the spring if there should be
an early thaw. And | remembered
some words that Mark used to quote
from q Play he had seen, "When this
snow melteth there shall come a flood. !"
didn't care how many floods came
And so, with storm after storm, the
winter wore away, Jane and Maria at
Their home-k keeping tasks, and busy
wath my rngmaklng, hooking strips OF
woolen cloth through coffee bags, not
because the house was not full OF
them, but because had nothing bet.
ter to do. For | couldn't read; if |
tired my eyes swan, and / could not
make out a word OF what it was all
about, And people went and came
like shadows; and the days had grown
short, and now they grew long, and
what did it all matter to me?
March had come, but without q sign
OF the winters breaking; and then at
last April loitered on, and April suns
began 10 do their work; and gradually
the drifts OF snow in the lanes and in
fields began to settle, and to lessen
and meit and disappear. And Bryan
and Thomas hsd to talk OF the brood.
ing mems, ana watch ior the oreaklng
W " ti'e tlNef, ana aiscuss the chance
oi s'le eal-Y rys ana the new calves
aho .he h'rinR OF the spring hands,
ana l. was a'l emptiness, And one
any ~ p6sah 20 snow, ana the snow
turned TO ram, and 1t ralned that day
nna falhea II, rivers, ana it rained the
next aay;aha 1t ralned tlll 1t had train
eo q week-a iong' afeafy week that
1'aue i'tlt 10 eno oiiiy III aeinse. ana
on ,'"lutoay ohe sun came ont warm;
aha Wiien looked, the crocuses
trl Troomeq s1 M uhuer the windows ,:1 .y and
tas aaa.', ,aah ss,o ~ Nas sely IKE iiheehe Nay.
iio"sts Wefs 9peieq ~ iHe NQoqs; II
nny pouh roula se1 10 lfiem ZOE the
ioa..s all peihe unaef water although
the RIVER was sun locked IN soitd Ice
lfuii, siore 70 shore. ana IN the iate
hieefhooh o. me sseonu aay OF TINS
same sweet sunshine ana south WIND,
as we SAT there, Jane ana !, Maria
run W III ana siela thete was water III the
ee.,ar, ..i,,, as =; mnen n, as SIX !; inches
u..l, may is ilotilihs, sala !: Il shoula
utnis tHets Wouia oe' aiter such a
ii'eil'l'S " snow ana sacii = raining or
torrents
"lt's more likely it's the land suck
ing up the river, miss, said Maria.
"l'he rivers just raging full under its
icecoat, shouldn't wonder, and is
letting itself out through the land"
md as she spoke there came a great
shock Pnd thrill, a rumble, a roar,
and mighty burst of sound,
'hreat mercy, miss cried Jane,
ITS the Ice CRACKING and fendlngfroni
shore to shore. ! never heard the like
before, many springs as Tvs lived be-
side it," And before she had done
speaking the sound came again-the
sound OF great guns, The trembling OF
an earthquake.